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Lil Durk Trial Update: What Did He Do and When Could the Verdict Come in Murder-for-Hire Case?

Lil Durk's murder-for-hire trial is heading to the jury after prosecutors accused him of orchestrating a deadly revenge plot, and his defence argued reasonable doubt.

International Business Times UK · Sep 9

DJ Akademiks Alleges Drake Dropped $1 Million and Kanye Added $250K to Lil Durk's Legal Defense

DJ Akademiks claims Drake, Ye, and other rappers are financially supporting Lil Durk's legal defence in a federal murder-for-hire trial, though these contributions remain unverified.

International Business Times UK · Sep 1

Lil Durk Trial Begins: Rapper Faces Life in Prison in Explosive Case Prosecutors Say Involves Alleged Hit Plot

Rapper Lil Durk's federal trial for an alleged murder-for-hire plot against Quando Rondo has begun in Los Angeles. Prosecutors claim the attack was retaliation for King Von's death.

International Business Times UK · Aug 21

Prosecutors close their case in FBG Duck murder trial: ‘They brutally executed him ... when he was out shopping for his son’

The government’s case hinges on proving that O Block is a criminal enterprise that has been locked in a violent conflict with Duck’s Tookaville faction of the Gangster Disciples.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 6, 2024

After a trial lasting nearly 3 months, jury set to get case of brazen Gold Coast slaying of rapper FBG Duck

Federal prosecutors have linked the rapper’s killing to a yearslong gang war between Duck’s Tookaville faction of the Gangster Disciples and the O Block set of the Black Disciples.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 2, 2024

In a twist, prosecutors in FBG Duck murder trial intend to bring up criminal records of their own witnesses

The trial has grown into a spectacle that’s spilled out of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse and onto YouTube accounts and rap blogs that draw millions of viewers worldwide.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 12, 2023

Slain drill rapper King Von looms on King Drive

King Von’s controversial mural near Parkway Gardens symbolizes not only the birthplace of drill, which boasts a global reach, but the neglect and violence troubling the community.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 24, 2023

Entertainment or evidence of a criminal enterprise? Drill rap takes center stage in FBG Duck murder trial

Jurors were shown videos released by rapper King Von, who allegedly placed a bounty on FBG Duck and was later gunned down in another shooting in Atlanta.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 21, 2023

‘They had one mission — to kill Duck.’ Trial begins in Gold Coast slaying of rapper

Rapper FBG Duck was shopping for a birthday present for his son when a gang rival spotted him inside a swanky children’s boutique in the Gold Coast and made a fateful phone call, federal prosecutors told jurors Tuesday.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 7, 2023

FBG Duck killing trial is expected to shine a bright spotlight on Chicago’s gang, rap ties

Six “members and associates” of the O Block gang faction face trial Tuesday in a case likely to show gang-rap links that are painstakingly documented in fringe blogs, YouTube videos and online forums.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 6, 2023